GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480		280 Sol/s
	Difference: 10 (4%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (42%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 1164 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 480 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 will be a lot (approximately 49%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52848 (49%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 102%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36448 (102%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.